Von Neumann's Machine

Hungry for more: How to move Tumblr to another blogging platform?

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:52 -0400

Hungry for more: How to move Tumblr to another blogging platform?:

Now that Yahoo has bought Tumblr and despite the promises, Tumblr will eventually become as bad as Yahoo is (many of you might have already noticed that before Tumblr got sold, the company already decided to deindex your mature audience targeted blog from Google. For those of us who have loved…

How do Centrifugal and Coriolis forces affect the motion of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:21 -0400

How do Centrifugal and Coriolis forces affect the motion of particles as the speed of rotation is varied? This animation shows how the underlying grid of my previous post is warped at differing speeds of rotation. Note the square grid when there is no rotation. [code] [video]

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Wed, 15 May 2013 21:39:35 -0400

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Wed, 15 May 2013 21:38:42 -0400

kosmonautica:

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:38:09 -0400

kosmonautica:

malformalady: Calcite with quartz from Huanggang Mine, Inner...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:35:19 -0400

malformalady:

Calcite with quartz from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China. The pictured specimen is 7 cm tall. The quartz at the center of the stacked calcite disks is better exposed in some of the specimens that they have at the show.

Photo credit: Jeffrey A. Scovil

coppermetropolis: 1935 Diamond T Doodlebug 2 (by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:34:50 -0400

coppermetropolis:

1935 Diamond T Doodlebug 2 (by kitchener.lord)

smarterplanet: See how data from sensors can revamp a city’s...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:33:22 -0400

smarterplanet:

See how data from sensors can revamp a city’s sewer system

arpeggia: Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) - Reticulárea, 1969-1980s,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05:12 -0400

arpeggia:

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) - Reticulárea, 1969-1980s, aluminum and stainless steel wire

Chris Hadfield's 30 Best Photos From Space

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:04:23 -0400

Chris Hadfield's 30 Best Photos From Space:

Incredible shots tweeted by the rock-star astronaut from the International Space Station

ecocides: Mont Aiguille sunrise - France | image by Joris...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:56:50 -0400

ecocides:

Mont Aiguille sunrise - France | image by Joris Kiredjian

The future of Google Glass? Digital creative agency...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:56:02 -0400

The future of Google Glass?

Digital creative agency Playground knows that Glass is in its early days, but they imagine a future in which Glass helps with navigation, shopping, hobbies and much more. And according to Playground, “All of our examples are actually possible right now. Smartphones (batteries not included) have enough raw processing power to run this software today. If only current batteries were ten times more efficient and there was a robust native hardware API for Glass. Well, it’s coming. Sooner than we think.”

via the content brief

cjwho: Casa Do / Cazú Zegers G

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:59:54 -0400

cjwho:

Casa Do / Cazú Zegers G

redhousecanada: lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:59:03 -0400

redhousecanada:

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

[ I was going to post a long rant about some arrogant yoga girl who insists people are ignorant for using olive oil to cook and should not eat fish or drink milk or eat cheese because of all sorts of problematic food issues, instead I said, let me focus on those who celebrate food. If you still want to see the link of the article she was waving on her Facebook, there you go. Privileged white people…ugh]

FT Alphaville: Meanwhile, in China prop trading is taking off

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:50:15 -0400

FT Alphaville: Meanwhile, in China prop trading is taking off:

ftalphaville:

While much of the west outlaws it..

The country’s securities regulators have handed a boost to this business by cutting the capital that brokers must hold against their prop trading activities and expanding the kinds of assets in which they can invest.

More:

The broader industry saw…

subtilitas: Marcos Acayaba - Helio Olga house, São Paulo 1990....

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:49:56 -0400

subtilitas:

Marcos Acayaba - Helio Olga house, São Paulo 1990. Photos (C) Nelson Kon, Sebastián Crespo.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 20:47:30 -0400

splatf: AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:47:02 -0400

splatf:

AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple Chart

At the end of March, almost 2.7 million people still subscribed to AOL service, the company reported this morning. That’s about where Netflix stood at the end of 2004.

Since then, Netflix’s subscriber base has grown — 29 million at the end of March — and AOL’s has declined at a remarkably parallel rate.

kateoplis: 19 Emotions For Which English Has No Words

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:39:23 -0400

kateoplis:

19 Emotions For Which English Has No Words

nevver: Houses of the Holy

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:38:31 -0400

nevver:

Houses of the Holy